The ongoing trope right now in horror thrillers, and comedies, is that the rich must literally worship Satan. “They Will Kill You” is the latest blood fest to take on a gang…
Thomas Shelby as played by Cillian Murphy is one of the great haunted characters of recent television. His story arc is in a sense the arc of a generation that lived through two…
Here is another sequel the average viewer probably didn’t ponder too much over the last few years. “Ready or Not” premiered in late 2019, in those pre-pandemic days, and entertained as a fun…
Despite all the depressing headlines, sci-fi insists on imagining a future where we somehow pool the resources needed for interstellar travel to save our species. “Project Hail Mary” is the latest epic…
Romance novels, like thrillers, tend to produce authors that become brands onto themselves. In the realm of weepy beach reads, Colleen Hoover currently reigns supreme. Like Nicholas Sparks before her, Hoover knows how…
The classics can be interpreted in so many different ways. You can keep them set in their original eras or update the story for the present. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s sophomore directorial effort, “The…
The times are truly surreal, which is probably why so many filmmakers are channeling social commentary through a twisted lens. “Heel” is the latest film in this vein. The subject in Polish…
The cinema of Mexican auteur Michel Franco can either go down as a depressing experience or as bold storytelling, depending on the viewer. There are no safe storytelling avenues in his films, and…